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Monday, 13 August 2012

Common English Errors

If
English is not the native language of the speaker and the speaker is making use
of the language for some other purpose (be it for studies, job etc) then
naturally there can be a few mistakes which will eventually creep in while
speaking. We need not actually worry about them. Constant exposure to the
language and a little practice will certainly help you speak English without
any kind of grammatical or lexical errors. Let us now look at some commonEnglish errors and ways of correcting them.

I asked my
mother for her advise (Wrong)

I asked my
mother for her advice (Right)

My parents
could not afford paying for my education (Wrong)

My parents
could not afford to pay for my education (Right)

After a week
we are going to Hyderabad
(Wrong)

In a week’s
time we are going to Hyderabad
(Right)

Soon you’ll
be of my age (Wrong)

Soon you’ll
be my age (Right)

I am at the
age of 22 (Wrong)

I am 22
years old (Right)

In the age
of 18, you will get a driving license (Wrong)

At the age
of 18, you will get a driving license (Right)

She spent
all the journey talking about her husband (Wrong)

She spent
the whole journey talking about her husband (Right)

As all you
know, my name is Luqman Zakir (Wrong)

As you all
know my name is Luqman Zakir (Right)

We all must
try to find out a solution to the problem (Wrong)

We must all
try to find a solution to the problem (Right)

It’s not
allowed to talk in the library (Wrong)

You aren’t allowed
to talk in the library (Right)

Walking
along the road, a scorpion stung me (Wrong)

Walking
along the road, I was stung by a scorpion (Right)

The war is
not over already (Wrong)

The war is
not over yet (Right)

The school
has also a gymnasium (Wrong)

The school
also has a gymnasium (Right)

The amount
of crime have increased (Wrong)

The amount
of crime has increased (Right)

He gave the
class another homework (Wrong)

He gave the
class some more homework (Right)

Other
than these errors there are some miscellaneous errors that one commits. It is
better to know about them and avoid them.

Mother
tongue influence: This happens when we ‘think’ in Mother Tongue and ‘speak’ in
English. We do a word to word translation of mother tongue into English and
that puts us in amusing situations.

For
example: Water is not coming in the taps (Wrong usage)

Taps run dry
(Right usage)

There
are many more errors such as dangling modifiers, errors with participles and
many more. In order to realize these errors, you need to become familiar with
the usage of English grammar. And if you would like to improve your English Grammar then you can have the option to learn English grammar by making use of any of the best online or offline way of learning English grammar.